Friday’s Headlines
How many have to die before traffic safety will be taken seriously? Businesses actually like bike lanes; Bill withdrawn after lobbyist tells a journalist it was a ruse; More
8:29 AM PDT on July 7, 2023
- How many people have to die before traffic deaths are taken seriously? (Vox)
- Businesses are recognizing the benefits of bike lanes (Bloomberg)
- Middle-aged parents break free from the shackles of car dependence (Urbanism Speakeasy)
- Budget deal restores threatened funding for Active Transportation Program (CalBike)
- Bill adds another representative from Elk Grove to the Sacramento transit board (Sacramento Bee)
- Newsom announces $352 million for transit-oriented housing (Davis Vanguard, Center Square)
- Bill to create rules for carbon capture pulled after being exposed as a ruse (Capital and Main)
- Air Resources Board and truck makers finalize a deal on zero emission trucks (CalMatters)
- Fewer cars are crossing the Golden Gate Bridge (SF Chronicle)
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